Kansas City Mayor Sly James is making a big adjustment in his plans for how to pay for city repairs. The idea of a citywide vote to raise property taxes to pay for a set of repairs is being changed.

The mayor's spokesman Danny Rotert said James will offer voters a different plan.

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In August, James wants city voters to approve a half-cent increase in the city sales tax. The money would raise about $30 million a year. KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported that money would be dedicated to the city Parks and Recreation Department, and would become the department's sole source of city funding.

Rotert said the impact on an average taxpayer would be about $60 a year.

The city money that had previously funded the parks system would go into a new fund for street repair. Rotert said the new street repair money would be in the range of $20-$25 million a year. Currently, the city has about $9 million in the fund, according to Rotert.

James is expected to lay out the plans in detail Thursday at City Hall.